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Air France celebrates 30 years in Korea

Air France executives and Korean airport officials attend a ribbon-cutting event celebrating the air carrier’s Korean launch in this file photo dated July 5, 1983. (Air France)
Air France executives and Korean airport officials attend a ribbon-cutting event celebrating the air carrier’s Korean launch in this file photo dated July 5, 1983. (Air France)
Air France on Friday celebrates the 30th anniversary of its operating passenger flights connecting Korea and France.

The French air carrier was the first European airline to start a Korean operation, on July 5, 1983.

Air France was also the first airline that served Korea’s kimchi as a side dish in its in-flight meals in 1996.

In 1998, the company joined the code-share agreement with Korean Air for the Seoul-Paris routes.

Since 2003, Air France has operated daily flights from Seoul to Paris.

Currently, Air France leaves Paris at 1:35 p.m. and arrives in Seoul at 7:05 p.m. following day, while leaving Seoul at 9:25 a.m. and arriving in Paris at 2:20 p.m. the same day. The flight time takes about 10 hours and 50 minutes.

By Lee Ji-yoon (jylee@heraldcorp.com)
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